09.03.2010 - German corporate bankruptcies have risen sharply
Data released on Tuesday by the national statistics office showed
that 32,687 companies became insolvent in 2009, as Germany suffered
its worst recession in 60 years.
"The general development of the figures and numbers in bankruptcy
was not a surprise," said Ilja Nothnagel, an economic expert at the
Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK)...
09.03.2010 - Merkel backs European Monetary Fund
German Chancellor Angela Merkel backed plans for a European
Monetary Fund at a meeting with Jean-Claude Juncker, head of the
euro zone, in Luxembourg on Tuesday.
Merkel and Juncker discussed the proposed plan to set up a European
Monetary Fund similar to the International Monetary Fund, intended
to help countries deeply in debt get back on track...
09.03.2010 - Prague hosts machine translation marathon
Prague’s Charles University recently hosted an unusual marathon which tested the capacity of various machine translating systems. The annual event is part of the Euromatrix project, which aims to establish machine translation systems for all European languages...
09.03.2010 - New Defence Ministry site provides information on Czech soldiers killed abroad during world wars
The fates of Czech soldiers who died abroad during the first and second world wars are being mapped in a newly created War Graves Record. The internet-based project documents more than 1,800 war graves around the world where Czech soldiers are buried, along with information about how and when they died...
09.03.2010 - Environment Ministry seeks to stem disappearance of farmland under new development
Agricultural land is fast disappearing under concrete in the Czech Republic and the pace is getting faster rather than slowing down. That is one of the main reasons why the Ministry of Environment is making a last minute bid to pass a new law that could put a brake on the process...
09.03.2010 - Trade union leader ostracized for outrageous homophobic remarks
09.03.2010 - Germany debates extending the statute of limitations for sexual abuse
09.03.2010 - The legacy of communism and the need to reunite European history
09.03.2010 - EU warns against protectionism in billion dollar Air Force contract
09.03.2010 - Deutsche Post's profit exceeds own predictions
09.03.2010 - Police find stolen corpse of ex-president near Nicosia
09.03.2010 - Portugal announces austerity measures after public sector strike
09.03.2010 - EADS pulls out of bitter fight for billions in Air Force contracts
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